1/ I moved to Brighton, MA, in July 2022. It was a 45 minute commute to my lab, which, coming from Delhi, I attributed to the expansive borders of a big city.
It is July 2023 now and the commute is about 1h15m to 1h30m. Some reasons, as I have come to understand them over the past year :
Crumbling public transport infrastructure
Lack of any sort of public protest
The unwillingness of the local press to cover this story
The MBTA’s new leader is more optimistic about Boston’s subway than you are - The Boston Globe (www.bostonglobe.com)
Can Phil Eng actually turn the dumpster fire of a transit agency around? “People think I’m crazy, but I’m happy I’m here,” he said.